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Oriental Dollarbird

Eurystomus orientalis · Family Coraciidae

Eurystomus orientalis

Family Coraciidae

Order
Coraciiformes
Family
Coraciidae
GBIF occurrence records
283,130
Countries and territories with records
44
Oriental Dollarbird
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About this species

This species has 283,130 occurrence records from 44 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (65.4%), South Korea (5.7%), Malaysia (5.4%), Singapore (5.3%) and India (4.5%); together they account for 86.4% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.17% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Eurystomus orientalis combines the genus name Eurystomus with the species epithet orientalis. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Eurystomus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Eurystomus glaucurus, Eurystomus gularis and Eurystomus azureus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 13 species of the family Coraciidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Coracias benghalensis. Its record count is 2.9 times the family average (98,840). The family Coraciidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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